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Synthesis of yolk-shell Bi2O3@TiO2 submicrospheres with enhanced potassium storage

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Due to their enormous potential for large-scale energy storage, rechargeable potassium-ion batteries have been widely researched and developed. However, the drastic volume change of electrode materials induced by the huge size of potassium ions during cycling remains a challenge for the construction of stable anodes. Herein, we propose a novel weak acid etching strategy to design and fabricate robust yolk-shell spheres with enough internal void space, in which the Bi2O3 nanospheres are well confined in the compartments of TiO2 submicrospheres (y-Bi2O3@TiO2). In situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and ex situ X-ray diffraction (XRD) are conducted to elucidate the structural evolution of y-Bi2O3@TiO2 and the interaction between K+ and Bi2O3 during cycling. Thanks to the yolk-shell nanoarchitecture and the superior buffering property of outer TiO2 covering, the as-obtained composite shows a high specific capacity of 383.5 mAh g−1 at 100 mA g−1, a considerable rate capacity of 134.1 mAh g−1 at 2 A g−1 and a stable cycling performance of 216.8 mAh g−1 at 500 mA g−1 over 500 cycles when used for potassium storage. Subsequently, the potassium-ion full battery, constructed by pairing y-Bi2O3@TiO2 anode with the thermally annealed 3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride (PTCDA) cathode, exhibits an outstanding cycling stability. Hopefully, this carefully-designed strategy can inspire the further development of superior energy storage materials in the near future.

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This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China (22179063 and 22072067).

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  1. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China

    Yifan Xu, Tangjing Ding, Ruiqi Tian, Dongmei Sun & Xiaosi Zhou

  2. State Key Lab of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Materials, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China

    Hehe Zhang & Ming-Sheng Wang

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Xu, Y., Zhang, H., Ding, T. et al. Synthesis of yolk-shell Bi2O3@TiO2 submicrospheres with enhanced potassium storage. Sci. China Chem. 65, 1807–1816 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-022-1365-4

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